diff --git a/net/tipc/config.c b/net/tipc/config.c
index 4b981c053823e90cc31963277aedd8c3682bc1a0..251f5a2028e4b16fb85266d268336640d5da0399 100644
--- a/net/tipc/config.c
+++ b/net/tipc/config.c
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
 
 #define REPLY_TRUNCATED "<truncated>\n"
 
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(config_mutex);
-
 static const void *req_tlv_area;	/* request message TLV area */
 static int req_tlv_space;		/* request message TLV area size */
 static int rep_headroom;		/* reply message headroom to use */
@@ -223,7 +221,7 @@ struct sk_buff *tipc_cfg_do_cmd(u32 orig_node, u16 cmd, const void *request_area
 {
 	struct sk_buff *rep_tlv_buf;
 
-	mutex_lock(&config_mutex);
+	rtnl_lock();
 
 	/* Save request and reply details in a well-known location */
 	req_tlv_area = request_area;
@@ -337,6 +335,6 @@ struct sk_buff *tipc_cfg_do_cmd(u32 orig_node, u16 cmd, const void *request_area
 
 	/* Return reply buffer */
 exit:
-	mutex_unlock(&config_mutex);
+	rtnl_unlock();
 	return rep_tlv_buf;
 }
diff --git a/net/tipc/core.h b/net/tipc/core.h
index 8985bbcb942bdb3d6ef839c3249d4e547c2f75ce..36cbf158845f7fd1421dd6812ffecb992d2b86bb 100644
--- a/net/tipc/core.h
+++ b/net/tipc/core.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
-
+#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 
 #define TIPC_MOD_VER "2.0.0"